Stitches, small wound cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 14 hospitals list a cash price for simple repair of a superficial wound 2.5 cm or less, scalp, neck, body or limbs: from $138.60 to $1,255.84, with a median of $254.88. The lowest listed price is at Lakewood Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $116.28 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $258.00 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $254.88, is 17% below the US median of $307.12.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- Kansas City, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 10 cities for code 12001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Medical Center lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 Wound Repair Simple =<2.5cm (S/A/T/E) EPP+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $138.60 | $252.00 | $50.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 Wound Repair Simple =<2.5cm (S/A/T/E) EPP+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $138.60 | $252.00 | $50.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Repr Wnd Smp Body/Scalp/Extr <2.5 Cm File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $189.00 | $1,149.21 | $178.51–$1,149.21 | 84% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Repr Wnd Smp Body/Scalp/Extr <2.5 Cm File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $189.00 | $1,147.98 | $178.51–$1,147.98 | 84% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Repr Wnd Smp Body/Scalp/Extr <2.5 Cm File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $199.00 | $1,002.04 | $169.39–$1,002.04 | 80% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 WOUND REPAIR, SIM 2.5CM OR LESS+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $213.40 | $388.00 | $10.00–$493.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 WOUND REPAIR, SIM 2.5CM OR LESS 12001+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $213.40 | $388.00 | $10.00–$395.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 12001 Wound Repair Simp Sclp/Nk </=2.5 File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $222.20 | $404.00 | $50.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 12001 Wound Repair Simp Sclp/Nk </=2.5 File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $222.20 | $404.00 | $50.00–$818.00 | 45% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 4S SREP S/N/A/G/TR/E 2.5C+1 more line at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $227.00 | $817.00 | $227.94–$666.67 | 72% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SREP S/N/A/G/TR/E 2.5 OR LESS TX RM DRM+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $254.88 | $531.00 | $217.71–$497.03 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 RPR S/N/AX/GEN/TRNK 2.5 CM OR LESS TX RM PLS+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $254.88 | $531.00 | $162.96–$497.03 | 52% |
| Ascentist Hospital Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 RPR S/N/AX/GEN/TRNK 2.5CM/< File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file | $341.91 | $566.00 | $315.32–$426.04 | 40% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 SREP S//G/TR/E 2.5CM OR LESS ER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $353.76 | $737.00 | $162.96–$663.30 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SREP S//G/TR/E 2.5CM OR LESS ER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $353.76 | $737.00 | $217.85–$663.30 | 52% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 SIMPLE REPAIR OF SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS OF SCALP, NECK, AXILLAE, EXTERNAL GENITALIA, TRUNK AND... File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $358.88 | $512.68 | $200.96–$435.78 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 SIMPLE REPAIR OF SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS OF SCALP, NECK, AXILLAE, EXTERNAL GENITALIA, TRUNK AND/OR EXTREMITIES (INCLUDING HANDS AND FEET); 2.5 CM OR LESS File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $363.42 | $519.17 | $200.96–$441.29 | 30% |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 Simple repair of superficial wounds of scalp, neck, axillae, external genitalia, trunk and/or extremities (including hands and feet); 2.5 cm or less +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $441.00 | $441.00 | $82.03–$1,218.00 | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Simple repair 12001 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $767.20 | $1,096.00 | $142.48–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,255.84 | $1,255.84 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,255.84 | $1,255.84 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $138.60, median $254.88, highest $1,255.84 — a 9.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $298.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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